Writers, animators and filmmakers around the world are now invited to
submit comedic and children’s series proposals
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May. 2, 2012--
(NASDAQ:AMZN)—Amazon.com, Inc. today announced that Amazon Studios is
expanding its development efforts into comedy and children’s series.
Amazon Studios is Amazon’s content development division that uses
audience feedback to identify great, original entertainment customers
will love. Starting today, series creators are invited to upload their
proposals for comedy and children’s programming to Amazon Studios at http://studios.amazon.com/getting-started/series.
The best comedy and children’s series will be distributed through Amazon
Instant Video, Amazon’s digital video streaming service.
“Amazon Studios wants to discover great talent and produce programming
that audiences will love,” said Roy Price, director of Amazon Studios.
“In the course of developing movies, we’ve heard a lot of interest from
content creators who want to develop original series in the comedy and
children’s genres. We are excited to bring writers, animators and
directors this new opportunity to develop original series.”
Each month, Amazon Studios intends to option one promising new project
and add it to the development slate where it will be tested for
viability with an audience. If Amazon Studios elects to distribute a
full-budget series, the creator will receive a $55,000 payment, up to 5
percent of Amazon’s net receipts from toy and t-shirt licensing, and
other royalties and bonuses. Amazon Studios’ production company, the
People’s Production Company, is signatory to the Writers Guild of
America and to The Animation Guild, Local 839.
To submit, a project must have a five-page description, along with a
22-minute pilot script for comedies, or an 11-minute pilot script for
children’s shows. Within 45 days of submission, Amazon Studios will
either extend an option on the project for $10,000 or invite the creator
to add the project to the Amazon Studios site. If a project is not
optioned, creators may remove their idea from the Amazon Studios site or
leave it to get community feedback.
Amazon Studios new series development is led by Joe Lewis, previously
with 20th Century Fox and Comedy Central, and Tara Sorensen,
formerly with National Geographic Kids.
Amazon Studios launched in November 2010. Since then, more than 700 test
movies and 7,000 scripts have been submitted and 15 movie projects are
currently under development. For more information about Amazon Studios,
visit http://studios.amazon.com.
Follow the Amazon Studios blog, Hollywonk (http://www.hollywonk.com)
for up-to-date news, tips on filmmaking and writing or insightful
interviews with industry leaders.
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